Mike Ammann

Mike Ammann
Mike Ammann
Personal information
Date of birth February 8, 1971 (1971-02-08) (age 40)
Place of birth Orange, California, United States
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1990-1993 Cal State Fullerton Titans
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989 Los Angeles Heat 2 (0)
1993 East Los Angeles Cobras
1994-1996 Charlton Athletic 30 (0)
1996-1998 Kansas City Wizards 60 (0)
1999-2000 MetroStars 46 (0)
2001 D.C. United 19 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mike Ammann (born February 8, 1971, in Orange, California) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in England and Major League Soccer.

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Youth

In 1989, Ammann, younger brother of Bob Ammann, played for the Los Angeles Heat in the Western Soccer League.[1] In 1990, Ammann graduated from Mater Dei High School.[2] He entered Cal State-Fullerton where he played on the men's soccer team from 1990 to 1993. In 1993, the Titans went to the NCAA Final Four. That year, he also played for the East Los Angeles Cobras in the USISL.

Professional

In 1994, Mike Stevens, the director of Charlton Athletic F.C. saw Ammann play in the NCAA Final Four. He contacted Ammann and offered him a trial with Charlton. Ammann played for Charlton Athletic from 1994 to 1996. When Major League Soccer started in 1996, Ammann signed with the then-Kansas City Wiz late in the inaugural season. In 1997, he set a league record (since broken) of twenty-one wins. Before the 1999 season, Ammann was traded to the MetroStars with Mark Chung for Tony Meola and Alexi Lalas. That season the MetroStars squad finished with the worst record in league history. However, Ammann played well despite the lack of success.

The 2000 season was Ammann's best as the Metros went through a re-birth. Ammann was selected to the 2000 MLS All Star game and starting in goal for the Eastern Conference. However, Ammann missed the last five weeks of the season after an incident involving Mamadou Diallo. In a game against the Tampa Bay Mutiny, Diallo stepped on the Metro goalie, breaking three ribs, puncturing his lung, and giving him a concussion. The incident, which was dubbed Crime of the Century by Metro teammate Mike Petke, saw Diallo receive no punishment. Ammann, on the other hand, had to miss the rest of the regular season, returning for the playoffs and shutting out the Chicago Fire 2-0.

With the emergence of Tim Howard for the MetroStars, Ammann was traded to D.C. United for Richie Williams and an allocation before the 2001 MLS season. Injuries dogged him, however, and he retired after not playing a minute in 2002. Ammann's doctor had never performed the procedure prior to operating on Ammann and left him permanently disabled. Ammann suffers disabilities in his right and left arms and hands. Dr. Hazel was found guilty by a jury of Malpractice in D.C. Courts. Although Ammann received a favorable decision, his fees outweighed the verdict adding another hardship to his removal from the game. He has since been outspoken about some of the problems of MLS.[3]

Post-soccer career

As of 2004, Ammann is working as a manager for Hitachi Data Systems within their Federal Division. In 2010, Ammann launched Twenty-Four Seven Goalkeeper, Mike Ammann's Premier Goalkeeper Academy in the Northern Virginia area.[4]

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